Audio

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Paula Apsell on NOVA

Paula Apsell, Senior Executive Producer of the PBS series, Nova, talks with Steve Paulson about story choice and how to interview scientists.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Nina Simonds on Eating Yin and Yang

Nina Simonds tells Jim Fleming about dining at Singapore's Imperial Herbal restaurant, where the staff herbalist prescribes a meal for you aimed at balancing your yin and yang.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

John Carlin on "Playing the Enemy"

Journalist John Carlin talks with Steve Paulson about the 1995 rugby tournament that changed South Africa's history.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Lawrence Lessig on "Code: Version 2.0"

Breaking the law by singing "Happy Birthday"? That's absurd.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Maggie Nelson on "Close to the Knives"

Maggie Nelson recommends "Close to the Knives" by David Wojnarowicz.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Rob Walker on New Advertising

Rob Walker talks with Steve Paulson about the Subservient-Chicken-dot-com web site and why it’s a new kind of advertising.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Marilynne Robinson on Poetry and the Soul

Novelist Marilynne Robinson talks with Anne Strainchamps about the role of the soul in the age of modern science.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Michael Keith on "The Next Better Place"

Michael Keith recalls his nomadic life with his divorced, alcoholic father.  He never had enough to eat, and got into trouble, but decided who he didn’t want to be.

Pages

Subscribe to Audio